A/N First Fanfic, I love OUAT and Swan Queen. I started writing this after the episode We Are Both and yeah, that's all the notes I can think to add beside the whole I don't own this disclaimer but that should be pretty obvious.
The first thing she noticed was not the wooden walls nor was it the rustic furnishings of the cabin it was that her hair was long. Then she wondered why that would even seem strange, her hair had always been long. For that matter why did she think to notice the cabin at all, it had always looked this way.
"Regina, are you awake my love?"
"Daniel?" Regina asked hesitantly.
"Of course my love, who else would it be?" Daniel came around the corner.
Without words Regina leapt toward him and held him in a fierce embrace before backing away cautiously. "No," she whispered fearfully. "This is a trick you're… you're dead. I watched her do it."
Regina turned away from him and walked over to the window opening to a forest view of the Infinite Forest. It startled her but it really shouldn't have, she had always lived at the edge of the forest. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned back around.
Daniel looked at her confused. "Her who? Do what"
Regina paused, afraid that if she said it out loud the woman would appear and once again rip Daniel's heart out in front of her. "My mother..."
Suddenly Daniel calm demeanor changed to one more fearful than Regina's. "Did you see her? Is she here?" he asked.
"No," Regina responded.
"Then we are safe still."
"But Daniel, you were dead. She ripped your heart from your chest, crushed it…"
"Shh, my love, I'm here." He looked her in the eyes then brought her head to his chest. "My heart is where it should be and it beats only for you."
"Daniel." She couldn't manage anything else before the tears could no longer be contained. She cried but she couldn't figure out why, Daniel had always been here with her.
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"Emma! Emma you've got to come quick." It was Henry's voice coming from the walkie talkies they had still been using. "Something's happened to her."
"Who?" Emma asked.
"My mom."
Emma wasted no time in getting to the mayoral mansion. Snow and Charming had been right behind her refusing to leave their daughter's side. The three burst in and saw Regina unconscious on the sofa.
"Henry, what's happened?" Snow asked.
"She was like this when I got here." He pointed to a tart that had fallen from her hand. "I think she ate that, she won't wake up."
"What is it with poisoned baked goods?" Emma sighed exasperated then asked Henry. "Did you see where it came from?"
"Well…I… ugh I don't know." He responded.
Emma nodded then turned to her parents. "Can you check around the house see if whoever did this is still around?" Once Snow and Charming were out of earshot Emma looked back at her son. "Henry, where did this come from?" She picked up the pastry. "And I don't know why you tried to lie to me, so spill kid."
"I saw well, I thought I saw the Blue Fairy."
"That's impossible." Emma shook her head.
"I did, but why would she do this? -"
"No, I mean it's impossible that you talked with the Blue Fairy because Snow and I were just with her…which means…" The realization hit her like a ton of bricks, a ton of evil magical bricks. "Snow! Charming!"
"Emma, what's wrong?" Snow asked as the two rushed back into the room only to be met at sword point.
"Emma, what are you doing?" Charming asked.
"Tell me something… umm about you life in Storybrooke. Something only we would know." Emma demanded of them.
"Umm as David Nolan I worked at an animal shelter." He shrugged not understanding.
Snow look at Charming then to Emma, "Well, after one of your arguments with Regina you came back and took your frustration out on our toaster… Emma what is this about?"
"I just needed to check to make sure you weren't –"
"Cora…" Snow finished her daughter's sentence as she watched the cloud of purple smoke appear in the archway.
"What are you talking about?" Henry asked confused. "It's just the Blue Fairy."
The woman standing there looked liked the Storybrooke version of the Blue Fairy but Emma and Snow knew better. Just like when she had impersonated Lancelot Cora was now posing as The Blue Fairy and worse had somehow managed to get to Storybrooke.
"Think about it for a second. The Blue Fairy said that she didn't have magic here without a wand or fairy dust…" Snow explained but before Henry could react the normally kind smile on the Blue Fairy's face transformed into a more sinister smirk before revealing her true appearance as Cora Mills.
"What do you want witch!" Charming demanded and advanced on Cora but with a flick of her wrist she magically tossed him to the side like a rag doll.
As equally brash as her father Emma attempted to charge Cora and was met with a similarly futile result.
Snow who had remained still, looked at her family then back at the witch and asked in a controlled fury. "Why have you come here Cora?"
"Oh just picking up something that was taken from me." She walked to a cabinet and removed a book. " And as I told you before, I'm very interested in getting to know my grandson." Cora replied calmly and with anther small gesture of her wrist Henry was engulfed in purple smoke and then vanished from sight.
"Why now, why not take him before when you gave that to Regina?" Emma spat as she pointed to the poisonous tart.
Cora calmly walked around the room as she spoke, clearly not feeling threatened by those around her. "No, I needed to make sure my daughter otherwise occupied, she never had my power but dealing with her can be… complicated as you well know dear."
"Stay away from her," Emma place herself between Regina and Cora who'd been closing the distance between them.
"Regina was always such a disobedient child, so ungrateful, and you would risk your life to protect her?" Cora scoffed at the notion.
"She's not dying." Emma thought of her promise to Henry but knew that even if he hadn't asked she would still protect the former mayor.
"Dear, you think I would kill my own child?" She seemed genuinely offended. "I'm just doing what I've always done. Regina has to be kept on a short leash for her own good."
"I'm not letting you touch her." Emma spoke firmly.
Cora shrugged then used her magic to life Emma up into the air. Both Charming and Snow let out a scream but could do nothing else as Cora called forth vines that broke through the window and held them bound to the floor. The temporary distraction did cause Cora to inadvertently loosen her magical grip on Emma who fell back to the ground.
"Now where was I?" Cora turned back to Emma.
Placing a protective hand on Regina's arm Emma glared defiantly. "You need to back the hell up."
Cora merely laughed, "Or what dear?"
The laugh was cut short however when Cora was sent flying across the room. "Or that." Emma growled.
"Well it seems one of you has some magical ability." Cora stood trying to look unfazed but Emma could see though it. "No matter, I got what I came for."
Then in a plume of purple smoke the witch vanished along with the vines that had been holding Snow and Charming.